Charles Le Moyne founded
LongueuilLongueuil as a seigneurie in 1657. It would
become a parish in 1845, a village in 1848, a town in 1874 and a city
in 1920. Between 1961 and 2002, Longueuil's borders grew three times,
as it was amalgamated with surrounding municipalities; there was a
strong de-amalgamation in 2006 (see 2000–2006 municipal
reorganization in
QuebecQuebec ).

LongueuilLongueuil is a residential, commercial and industrial city. It
incorporates some urban features, but is essentially a suburb .
LongueuilLongueuil can be classified as a commuter town as a large portion of
its residents commute to work in Montreal. Most buildings are
single-family homes constructed in the post-war period. The city
consists of three boroughs:
Le Vieux-Longueuil , Saint-Hubert and
Greenfield Park .

LongueuilLongueuil is the seat of the judicial district of Longueuil.
Residents of the city are called Longueuillois.

The territory of
New FranceNew France was divided into seigneuries in order to
ensure the colony's defence.
LongueuilLongueuil was founded in 1657 by Charles
Le Moyne , a merchant from Ville-Marie (present day Montreal), as a
seigneurie . According to Abbé Faillon, Charles Le Moyne, lord of
the area starting in 1657, named
LongueuilLongueuil after a village which is
today the seat of a canton in the district of Dieppe in his homeland
of
NormandyNormandy . In France, the name is spelled "Longueil " and it is
rumored that it was a mistake to spell it "Longueuil".

His son, Charles Le Moyne de
LongueuilLongueuil , built
Fort Longueuil as his
fortified residence. It was constructed of stone between 1685 and 1690
and had four towers.

Fort Longueuil was believed to be occupied by American troops during
the
American Revolutionary WarAmerican Revolutionary War . It was subsequently occupied by the
British . It was demolished in 1810 due to its poor condition. The
archaeological remains of
Fort Longueuil were recognized as a National
Historic Site of
CanadaCanada on May 25, 1923. The site extends beneath the
present-day Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue Cathedral . The Co-Cathedral
of Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue and Rue St. Charles, Longueuil, QC, about
1910

The seigneurial system ended in 1845 and
LongueuilLongueuil was turned into a
parish municipality named Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil. In 1848, a
portion detached from the parish and officially established as the
village of
LongueuilLongueuil . This same village became a town in 1874, and
then a city in 1920. Musician
Paul Pratt notably served as the city's
mayor from 1935-1966.

On January 1, 2002, as part of the 2000–2006 municipal
reorganization in
QuebecQuebec , the provincial government amalgamated the
former
LongueuilLongueuil with
Boucherville ,
Brossard , Greenfield Park ,
LeMoyne ,
Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville , Saint-Hubert and Saint-Lambert
. As with the 1960s, the name
LongueuilLongueuil was chosen for the new city.
However, after a change of government and a 2004 referendum ,
Boucherville, Brossard, Saint-Lambert and Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville
were re-constituted as independent cities on January 1, 2006. As such,
the current city of
LongueuilLongueuil now includes only the former cities of
LongueuilLongueuil (1969-2002), Saint-Hubert, Greenfield Park and LeMoyne.

LongueuilLongueuil is located in the
Saint Lawrence RiverSaint Lawrence River valley , and is a
vast plain . Areas near the river were originally swamp land with
mixed forest , and later prime agricultural land. Agricultural land
still exists in the portions of the city furthest from the river.

According to the 2011 Canadian Census , the city of
LongueuilLongueuil had
231,409 people, an increase of 0.9% over 2006's figure of 229,330.
LongueuilLongueuil occupies 115.59 square kilometres of space, giving the city
a population density of 2,002 persons per kilometre squared. There
were 106,499 private dwellings, 102,067 of which were occupied by
usual residents.

Of the 132,570 workers in Longueuil, the median income was $26,537,
which is above Quebec's provincial average of $25,464. Among the
69,990 full-time workers, the median income was $37,521 or slightly
below the provincial average. Several of Montreal's most impoverished
neighborhoods are located in Longueuil.

As of the 2011 Canadian Census , French was the mother tongue
language of 81.4% of Longueuil's residents while English was the first
language of 7.5%. Other languages were spoken by 13.6% of the
population, with the most spoken being Spanish (3.0%),
ArabicArabic (2.1%),
Haitian Creole (1.2%), Romanian (0.7%), Persian (0.7%), Chinese
(0.6%), Italian (0.6%) and Portuguese (0.6%). These figures include
multiple responses.

CANADA CENSUS MOTHER TONGUE - LONGUEUIL, QUEBEC

Mother tongue language
CENSUS

TOTAL

FRENCH

ENGLISH

FRENCH MARGIN-LEFT:AUTO; MARGIN-RIGHT:AUTO;">OTHER

YEAR

RESPONSES

COUNT
TREND
POP %

COUNT
TREND
POP %

COUNT
TREND
POP %

COUNT
TREND
POP %

2016

237,665

181,150
0.35%
76.21%

15,450
9.14%
6.5%

2,485
0.1%
1.04%

34,330
22.1%
14.44%

2011

229,550

181,800
0.0005%
79.21%

14,155
8.05%
6.17%

2,460
37.05%
1.07%

28,115
0.97%
12.25%

2006

226,820

181,790
1.40%
80.15%

15,395
10.87%
6.79%

1,795
4.5%
0.81%

27,845
56.86%
12.28%

2001

218,810

184,380
0.39%
84.26%

13,885
17.22%
6.35%

1,880
17.74%
0.86%

17,795
5.95%
8.13%

1996

220600

183,065
n/a
82.99%

16,775
n/a
7.60%

2,285
n/a
1.04%

16,795
n/a
7.61%

People of European origins made up 87.6% of the population in 2006.
The largest visible minority groups are Black (4.1%), Latin American
(2%), Arab (1.6%), Chinese (1.2%), Southeast Asian (1%), and South
Asian (0.7%).

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Rue Saint-Charles is the main commercial centre in Old Longueuil
.

Although a large chunk of Longueuil's work force commute to Montreal,
the city nevertheless offers many jobs in a diverse range of
industries. Above all,
LongueuilLongueuil benefits from having very low
property value despite its close proximity to Montreal.

Notable places of worship include the Roman Catholic Co-Cathedral of
Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue , Église Nouvelle Vie evangelical church,
Saint-Hubert Church , and the
Montréal Québec Temple of The Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints .

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The city's three boroughs are
Le Vieux-Longueuil , Greenfield Park
and Saint-Hubert . In total there are 26 city councillors , including
one borough president each. Greenfield Park has three concillors and
its borough president is Mireille Carrière of Action Longueuil.
Saint-Hubert has eight councillors and its borough president is
Lorraine Guay-Boivin of Action Longueuil.
Le Vieux-Longueuil has
fifteen councillors and its borough president is Michel Desjardins of
the Parti municipal de Longueuil.

According to the 2006 Census, about 39,485 city residents (17.2% of
the total population) commute to work in
MontrealMontreal on a daily basis,
while only 38,090 residents (16.6%) work in the city itself. A further
6,915 residents (3.0%) work in
Boucherville every day, 4,775 (2.1%)
work in Brossard, 2,795 (1.2%) in Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, and
1,815 (0.8%) work in Saint-Lambert, the four other constituent cities
of the
LongueuilLongueuil agglomeration.

By contrast only 8,845 people commute from
MontrealMontreal to work in
LongueuilLongueuil every day, while 4,080 people commute from
Brossard to work
in Longueuil, 2,940 people commute from Boucherville, 2,090 from
Sainte-Julie, 1,825 from Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, 1,815 from
Chambly, and 1,810 from Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu.

Route 116 is another major highway, with its western terminus located
in LeMoyne , heading east through the borough of Saint-Hubert toward
Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville. Route 112 co-exists with Route 116 from
LeMoyne to Cousineau Boulevard in Saint-Hubert, where it heads
southeast toward Carignan . Route 134 is a major artery, perhaps
better known by its more common names: the
Jacques Cartier Bridge on
the portion crossing the Saint-Lawrence River, and Taschereau
Boulevard which connects the bridge to all three boroughs of
Longueuil, and southward toward the city of Brossard.

LongueuilLongueuil and the other cities in the agglomeration are served by two
free of charge weekly French-language newspapers.
Le Courrier du Sud ,
published by
Quebecor MediaQuebecor Media , is the oldest, and contains inserts
tailored to specific boroughs ("Le Journal de Saint-Hubert" for
Saint-Hubert and "Le Magazine" for Greenfield Park, LeMoyne and the
city of Saint-Lambert).
Rive-Sud Express is a newer weekly, published
by
Transcontinental Media . Both "Le Courrier du Sud" and "Rive-Sud
Express" are both home delivered as well as carried in newspaper
boxes. Point Sud is an independent monthly newspaper, also free of
charge, that is carried on newspaper stands in select locations.